A clearly aggravated High, who has been struck with some illegal blows to the back of the head during the fight-ending sequence quickly sprung to his feet and shoved Mulhall.

“He’s cut,” White told UFC.com. “I’m going to cut him. I look at that the way (Paul) Daley put his hands on his opponent after a fight was over. You don’t ever, ever f—ing touch a referee, ever. You’re done here. He’s been apologizing on Twitter, but he’s done.”

High, who re-joined the UFC after a 3-0 stint with Strikeforce, suffered a submission loss to Erick Silva in his return to the organization this past year. However, the former welterweight, who had a one-fight stint with the UFC in 2010, then picked up wins over James Head and Anthony Lapsley as part of an overall 9-1 run.

He dropped to the lightweight division prior to the fight with dos Anjos, who marked a step up in competition for the DREAM/Affliction/Titan FC vet.

MMAjunkie couldn’t immediately reach a rep for High for comment. However, following the event, High issued an apology.

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